Plant Platycodon grandiflorum (Campanulaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Balloon Flower; Chieh-Keng; Jie-Geng

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
IRON	6	Root	62.0	200.0	-0.15	Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES	0	Root	2870.0	3790.0	0.93	Duke, 1992 *
MAGNESIUM	65	Root	1250.0	1510.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Root	24.0	30.0	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Root	78.0	103.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Root	1890.0	2493.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIGENIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN	15	Root	not available	20000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D-2	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODIN-D-3	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCODOSIDE-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-B	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCOGENIC-ACID-C	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCONIC-ACID-A	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PLATYCONIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Myorelaxant	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neurotransmitter	1	Duke, 1992 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Osteogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Pesticide	4	Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prebiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Probiotigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prooxidant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor	1	Huang, C., Tunon, H., Bohlin, L. 1995. Anti-Inflammatory Compounds Isolated from Menyanthes trifoliata L. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao, 30(8): 621-626.
Schizophrenigenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Sedative	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Serotoninergic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Spermigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Testosteronigenic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer	2	Duke, 1992 *